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This summer, Frigo Cheese Heads brand cheese snacks is joining forces with Curves, a fitness center designed specifically for women, with over 4 million members currently. Waco, Texas-based Curves will endorse Frigo Cheese Heads Light brand as a convenient, healthy snack while offering U.S. women a free two-week trial membership for themselves and a friend.

Safeway, Inc. hasdeployed an active storage system to support a cross-platform shared edit environment for its various content needs -- such as in-store promotional videos and internal training presentations.

A recent Progressive Grocer Economic Pulse survey of 91 grocery retailers on the current state of business their business has that, despite the down economy, 44.4 percent projected that second-quarter 2009 sales would be above last year’s.

The Nielsen Company tracks health and wellness claims through its LabelTrends service into three tiers based on annual growth rates.

Pan-Oston is expanding its manufacturing plant to accommodate growth in self-checkout and technology products.

Supermarket industry sales increased 5.2 percent in 2008, and identical-store sales rose 4.5 percent, but these gains were offset by the 5.7 percent food-at-home inflation rate last year, according to “2009 Food Retailing Industry Speaks: Annual State of the Industry Review,” released late last week by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). Adjusted for inflation, sales declined 0.5 percent and identical-store sales fell 1.2 percent.

American consumers are changing their food shopping behavior and focusing on price and value at the supermarket, according to the recently released Food Marketing Institute (FMI) 2009 U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report.

A new white paper revealing previously unpublished strategies for succeeding at consumer centricity was released this week by Toronto-based retail advanced analytics firm Precima. The paper, “Winning at Consumer Centricity: 10 Tips for Retailers and Manufacturers” is available now for a free download at precima.com/10tips.